What's the difference between duplex and quadruplex?

Duplex


Definition:

  • (a.) Double; twofold.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Gene 4 protein does not catalyze the hydrolysis of NTPs in the presence of duplex DNA, nor can T7 DNA polymerase use duplex DNA as a template.
  • (2) Delineation of the presence and anatomy of an obstructed, nonfunctioning upper-pole duplex system often requires multiple imaging techniques.
  • (3) Under optimal reaction conditions, HhaI and RsaI cleaved the DMTS-std duplex to 76-77% completion and the DMTS-imp duplex to 96-99% completion.
  • (4) In 29 patients undergoing duplex sonography of the hepatic artery, six (21%) had absence of a Doppler arterial pulse.
  • (5) Repeated transient ischemic attacks in the same territory with minimal lesions on arteriography and non-homogeneous plaque on duplex scan; 2.
  • (6) Depending on local anatomical properties duplex scanning failed to make a decision about the state of the ostium of the vertebral artery in 24% of the cases.
  • (7) The poly(dG-dC) helical duplex forms a modified, B-family structure (B*) at very high hydration and a normal B structure at slightly lower hydration.
  • (8) Crandell feline kidney cells in which the ADV-G strain of ADV was permissively replicating contained virion and non-structural proteins, large amounts of single stranded virion DNA, duplex replicative form (RF) DNA, and mRNA.
  • (9) Single-stranded linear DNAs were prepared by separating strands of duplex molecules or by cleaving single-stranded circles at a unique restriction site created by annealing a short defined oligonucleotide to the circle.
  • (10) Duplex and color Doppler sonography have become indispensable for evaluating the major vessels of the abdomen.
  • (11) In 60 patients, we examined 75 femoral bifurcations by duplex scanning and compared them with the independently performed angiography.
  • (12) A preoperative carotid evaluation by a Duplex Scanner ATL Mark V has been carried out in 338 patients candidates to CABG.
  • (13) The same six classes of hybrid duplexes were revealed when (32)P-labeled 50S virion RNA was hybridized with an excess of 18S RNA.
  • (14) Deep Doppler duplex imaging was supplemented with real-time spectral analysis and velocity measurements in 29 cases.
  • (15) The equilibrium between the loop and fully paired duplex conformations of the TATA 12-mer and TATA 16-mer is shifted toward the latter on addition of moderate salt.
  • (16) These leftward transcripts may antagonize the expression of the viral nuclear antigen messages by the formation of RNA duplexes.
  • (17) The stabilities of the duplexes are similar to those formed by unmodified oligomers, whereas the stability of the triplexes is approximately 18 degrees C lower than that formed by unmodified oligomers.
  • (18) Ribonuclease activity directed against the synthetic duplex polyrC:polyI was detected in nuclear extracts from both unstimulated and PHA-stimulated human lymphocytes.
  • (19) Our study shows that detection of a pulsatile portal venous waveform on duplex Doppler sonography in patients with liver dysfunction should raise the possibility of tricuspid regurgitation.
  • (20) Thus, the non-invasive duplex-sonography is a very appropriate method to diagnose thrombosis of the popliteal region and proximal.

Quadruplex


Definition:

  • (a.) Fourfold; folded or doubled twice.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) However, at a 50-fold higher strand concentration, the single-stranded oligomer is gradually converted into the quadruplex.
  • (2) We propose a model in which duplex or hairpin forms of G-DNA are folding intermediates in the formation of either 1-, 2-, or 4-stranded quadruplex structures.
  • (3) There has been much recent interest in the self-association of short deoxyguanosine-rich motifs within single-stranded DNAs to generate monovalent cation modulated four-stranded helical segments called G-quadruplexes stabilized by hydrogen-bonded G-tetrad alignments.
  • (4) Thus the number of T residues surrounding the dG cluster might control the rigidity of the quadruplex structure.
  • (5) Equilibrium ultracentrifugation studies confirm that these quadruplexes are composed of two strands of d(G3T4G3).
  • (6) The only precedent known (to us) for a cation-specific stabilization is that seen in the quadruplex structure formed by poly I.
  • (7) The quadruplex, [d(TTGGGGTT)]4, is resistant to denaturation in 7 M urea, in which the Watson-Crick type d(TTGGGGTT).d(AACCCCAA) duplex dissociates.
  • (8) We observe well-resolved proton NMR spectra corresponding to a G-quadruplex monomer conformation predominant at 50 mM K cation concentration and a G-quadruplex dimer conformation predominant at 300 mM K cation concentration.
  • (9) Our results indicate that specific differences in ionic interactions can result in a switch in telomeric DNAs between intramolecular hairpin-like or quadruplex-containing species and intermolecular quadruplex structures, all of which involve G.G base pairing interactions.
  • (10) The possible biological function of quadruplexes is discussed.
  • (11) The DNA oligonucleotide d(CGCG3GCG) can form either a Watson-Crick (WC) hairpin or a parallel-stranded quadruplex structure containing six G-quartet base pair assemblies.
  • (12) We find that these molecules fold to form a symmetrical bimolecular and an intramolecular quadruplex, respectively.
  • (13) An increase in ionic strength stabilizes the single-stranded structure, so it seems to inhibit the formation of the quadruplex.
  • (14) Experiments on ethidium bromide binding to the oligonucleotides have shown that the oligomer anti(A-T) exists, at a low ionic strength, as a four stranded complex ("quadruplex") contains two antiparallel helices, d(A).d(T), which have a parallel orientation and are bound to one another owing to the formation of additional hydrogen bonds between nucleic acid bases.
  • (15) The quadruplex is stable in the presence of 40 mM K+ at micromolar DNA concentration and can be kinetically trapped as a metastable form when prepared at millimolar DNA concentration and then diluted into buffer containing 40 mM Na+.
  • (16) Cations stabilize the quadruplex in the order K+ greater than Ca2+ greater than Na+ greater than Mg2+ greater than Li+ and K+ greater than Rb+ greater than Cs+, indicating that K+ has an optimum ionic radius for complex formation and that ionic charge affects the extent of ion-induced stabilization.
  • (17) Comparison with the corresponding CD spectral characteristics suggests that the electrophoretic intensity enhancement of the intermolecular G-quadruplex band is correlated to the intensity enhancement of of the positive CD maximum at 265 nm.
  • (18) Similar but less dramatic enhancement of the intermolecular quadruplex band is also observed in T4.
  • (19) Since K+ and NH4+ are known to stabilize a parallel-stranded quadruplex structure of poly[r(I)4], we infer that the multistranded structure is a quadruplex.
  • (20) UV thermal denaturation curves show a single concentration-dependent transition and provide data for quantitating the thermodynamics of quadruplex formation.

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